#hisilicon

The latest leak aligns with earlier rumor that the vanilla model, the HUAWEI nova 12, will feature HiSilicon Kirin 830 chipset. However, an even bigger concern arises regarding the manufacturer of the chipset, as US companies, which hold the rights to 5G technologies and patents, currently prohibit trading with Huawei and its subsidiary chipset maker HiSilicon. Recent leaks suggest that the Mate 50 Series will come with four models: on the high-end tier are the Mate50 Pro and Mate50 RS, the vanilla Mate50, and the Mate 50E all equipped with HUAWEI's proprietary HiSilicon neural processing unit (NPU) alongside Qualcomm Snapdragon CPUs with HarmonyOS. Kirin chipsets are manufactured by one of Huawei's subsidiaries, HiSilicon, a company that purchases CPU and GPU designs from Arm. Huawei's HiSilicon uses ARM's chip technology for its Kirin chipset. "Arm is actively communicating with department officials regarding any support of our partner HiSilicon, and we remain confident we are operating within the parameters of those guidelines," an ARM spokeswoman told Reuters via email. Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 960 has been made official and with it comes improvements like new components, better power efficiency, and performance boosts. Read more in our articles including "HUAWEI nova 12 Series to launch with Kirin 830 chip" and "Huawei Kirin chips for smartphones might make a comeback".